Legal effects of an arbitral order: Centurion Air Cargo v. UPS
| Autor | Eleventh Circuit, USA |
| Páginas | 170-173 |
Revista Latinoamericana de Mediación y Arbitraje
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Legal effects of an arbitral order: Centurion Air Cargo v. UPS
Eleventh Circuit, USA
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 04-11632
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D. C. Docket No. 02-22096-CV-KMM
CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC.,
f.k.a. Challenge Air Cargo, Inc.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO.,
Defendant-Appellee.
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No. 04-12922
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Case number 04-11632, an appeal from orders by 1 the Honorable K. Michael Moore, United States
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. As the principal parties in both consolidated cases are
the same, we follow the custom of the briefs in calling each case by the name of the presiding district
judge.
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Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(August 9, 2005)
Before DUBINA, PRYOR and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
This decision involves two cases consolidated on appeal. In the “Moore litigation,” plaintiff-appellant
Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. (“Centurion”) appeals the district court’s orders granting summary judgment
in favor of defendant-appellee United Parcel Service Co. (“UPS”) on Centurion’s claims for breach of
contract and other related causes of action. In the “King litigation,” UPS appeals the district court’s
denial of its motion to hold Centurion in contempt of court for failure to comply with a prior judgment.
I.
In October 1999, UPS and Centurion entered into a purchase agreement, 3 under which UPS purchased
substantially all of Centurion’s assets. Centurion, an air cargo and transportation service corporation
based in Miami, Florida, retained certain liabilities under the purchase agreement, including those
arising from an action against Centurion in Costa Rica (the “Carga Aerea litigation”). The purchase
agreement required Centurion to indemnify UPS for any liabilities incurred because of the Carga Aerea
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